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UK MAIB Safety Digest draws the attention to lessons learned from poor risk awareness demonstrated onboard.One case refers to a group outing for three mothers and their four children that nearly ended in tragedy when one of the children fell overboard from a river ferry after standing on a seat next to the ship’s side rails.

An Atlas lorry loader crane fitted on the workboat Carol Anne collapsed while being used to offload a net at a fish farm at Balure on Loch Spelve, Scotland. The crane fell onto the workboat’s skipper, who was declared deceased at the scene.

A large roll-on roll-off passenger ferry, operating on its regular route between two European ports, suffered significant damage when it made heavy contact with a linkspan as it was being manoeuvred onto its berth. There were over 500 passengers and crew on board but no one was injured and there was no pollution.

The UK MAIB has issued a report on the investigation into the girting and capsize of the mooring launch Asterix at Fawley Marine Terminal, Southampton, UK on 30 March 2015 .

The UK MAIB has issued latest Safety Digest to draw the attention to lessons learned from maritime accidents.This latest edition of the Safety Digest contains 25 articles which are examples of poor risk awareness demonstrated by the crews of vessels. The publication once again highlights that a cautionary approach should be second nature to every mariner about to start a task or embark on a course of action on the bridge, in the engine room or on deck.One case refers to an accident in which two crewmen went ashore from their anchored workboat in a borrowed open dinghy.

UK Marine Accident Investigation Brach (MAIB) has issued report No. 9/2016 on the investigation of the drowning in a swimming pool on the passenger cruise ship Pacific Dawn with one loss.

Nautilus has called for further action to the law enforcement on substandard shipping in European waters following a UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch report on the loss of a cement carrier and its eight crew off Scotland in January 2015.

The UK MAIB has issued its report on the investigation of the capsize and sinking of the cement carrier Cemfjord while transiting the Pentland Firth, Scotland on January 2015.

The UK MAIB has issued latest Safety Digest to draw the attention to lessons learned from maritime accidents. One case refers to vessel detention due to lack of crew's safety knowledge and training to conduct an abandon ship drill.

The UK MAIB has issued latest Safety Digest to draw the attention to lessons learned from maritime accidents. One case refers to an accident in which an officer was at the helm of a domestic passenger vessel operating a scheduled river service when he became distracted by a VHF radio broadcast resulting in contact with a towering structure.